Was Kirk Canadian?

[Nardpuncher]

I'm another Canadian who's never heard 'aboot'

It probably doesn't sound like "a-boot" to you, but it does sound more like that to American ears. "Been" is pronounced more like "bean," and where Americans say "yeah" more like "ye-a-uh," you say something more like "yah." Of course I'm generalizing and not taking local dialect into account, but that's what Americans generally hear as the major differences between American english and Canadian english.

I think for many Canadians we will say "been" as bin or bean depending onhow the wind blows that day.
Seriously, we do say it both ways, but I'm not going to try and think of what verbs I feel more like saying bin in front of and which ones feel more 'natural' to say the bean one in front of.

 

[Timewalker]

I was unaware that we had accents in Canada, unless we're taking about certain Maritime regions out east (and Quebec obviously). And I've never, in my life heard anyone pronounce it "a-boot". Never understood where that came from.

Every region of Canada has a distinctive accent.

The only Canadians I have ever heard pronouncing "about" in a funny way were either from Alberta or Saskatchewan, and they pronounced it more like "a-boat" than "a-boot".

I've heard people around here (Central Alberta) use this pronunciation sometimes.

A scene from ..

THE GREAT WHITE NORTH

Sam: "Hey everyone, welcome to the great white north, I'm George Kirk, and this is my bother Jimmy."

Jim: "How's it going ehh?"

Yeah, I'm sure Kirk could be rather bothersome at times...

 

[Admiral Shran]

I always assumed that was just because Alaska was part of Canada in the 24th century, just like Riker would be Russian if he was born in Alaska in the 19th century.

We know that Alaska is still part of the United States by the 24th century because Picard at one point refers to George Armstrong Custer as one of Riker's countrymen.

 

[EEE]

A scene from ..

THE GREAT WHITE NORTH

Sam: "Hey everyone, welcome to the great white north, I'm George Kirk, and this is my bother Jimmy."

Jim: "How's it going ehh?"

(later they sing)
Do du dud du - dah du dah du ..., dah du ta du - dah du ta du ...

Take off! ...hosers!

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I have Canadian relatives who say oot and aboot (or aboat, which is still different from abowt). From British Columbia - is it more common in the western part of the country?